April Fools 2009

DanGarion · 03-31-2009, 09:38 PM

So it's already started on the other side of the world.

Google has announced the new gBall GPS ball tracking for Australian Rules Football.
Introducing the gBall™

MJ4H · 03-31-2009, 09:53 PM

Please let it hurry up and be over.

DaddyTorgo · 03-31-2009, 09:57 PM

i agree. lame day

Apathetic Lurker · 04-01-2009, 06:04 AM

Hey!not fair..it's my wedding anniversary.. not that lame

Peregrine · 04-01-2009, 06:11 AM

Don't forget Google's CADIE program.

CADIE: Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity

Passacaglia · 04-01-2009, 06:15 AM

I saw last night that Alan Shearer had been named manager at Newcastle United, and it took me a while to convince myself it wasn't an April Fool's joke.

Raiders Army · 04-01-2009, 06:15 AM

Anyone else remember the good ole days when Jim had his April Fool's Day stuff every year? It was always entertaining.

Marc Vaughan · 04-01-2009, 06:27 AM

12 years ago today I started work at Sports Interactive .... there were all of 4 people full time within the company at that point (myself, Paul, Ov and me) and another chap (Grez) working part time doing odds or sods.

All bar Grez (who emigrated to America about 8 years ago) are still working at SI - kinda weird to think how much things have changed since those early days here though, back then we were all young and single - now we're all married with kids.

PS - Was kinda weird that I started a new job on Aprils Fools day - although I think at the time I was too nervous to even notice

Mizzou B-ball fan · 04-01-2009, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

Hey!not fair..it's my wedding anniversary.. not that lame

Got married on April 1, 2000. Still happily hitched.

Passacaglia · 04-01-2009, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

12 years ago today I started work at Sports Interactive .... there were all of 4 people full time within the company at that point (myself, Paul, Ov and me) and another chap (Grez) working part time doing odds or sods.

All bar Grez (who emigrated to America about 8 years ago) are still working at SI - kinda weird to think how much things have changed since those early days here though, back then we were all young and single - now we're all married with kids.

PS - Was kinda weird that I started a new job on Aprils Fools day - although I think at the time I was too nervous to even notice

Out of curiosity, how many people work at SI now?

Fidatelo · 04-01-2009, 08:29 AM

I hate April Fool's Day now. It was fun before the internet, but now it's just a colossal annoyance. None of the fake stuff is funny, and no one falls for it, so why bother?

Bah.

twothree · 04-01-2009, 08:42 AM

I thought I had one of those April Fools viruses this morning, because my computer would not start.

I didn't believe or want to believe I had a virus, but my Anti-virus software quarantined a file about a week ago. The file in question was the editor for the Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday game. Now, I have rarely used this file since installing the game and have not used the editor in about a year. I think it is a false positive detection probably having to do with the word doomsday in the code. And, the virus that is suppose to be in the file is only being discovered using the advanced Heuristic scan. So, I pretty much ignored the situation until this morning when the computer would not start. Then I started to panic.

I didn't hear the hard drive spinning at all and no image came up on the monitor. So, I checked the monitor first by using an older computer, no problems there. Next I tried plugging the monitor into the onboard graphic port instead of the installed graphic card. No luck. This is when I opened up the computer case. I was thinking about trying to reinstall the factory default software, but the DVD drives would not open. So, I started thinking about buying a new hard drive while cleaning quite a bit of dust out of the inside of the case.

I didn't see any loose connections anywhere at all. So, I am looking at the mother board to see if any of the jumpers would help me reset the system or let me into the bios when I notice that the hard drive is plugged into one of four similar connections. So, I thought well I might as well try plugging the hard drive into one of the other motherboard connections. Turn on the computer the hard drive starts to spin and it starts right up. It wasn't a fun last half hour, but I am glad it was a simple and inexpensive fix. I hate when things go wrong on April Fools Day.

MJ4H · 04-01-2009, 09:10 AM

Lame attempts at april fools day jokes so far: 2
Funny ones: 0

Please let it end.

edit: i mean at work today. I will keep a running total here. I might describe some of them when I get time.

MJ4H · 04-01-2009, 10:03 AM

OK I'll count this one. ocremix.org replaced their main page with that domain is available looking search page. They didn't delete the favicon so it was pretty obvious, but that's not bad. I'll bet there are a lot of scared fanboys over this one.

MIJB#19 · 04-01-2009, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

Anyone else remember the good ole days when Jim had his April Fool's Day stuff every year? It was always entertaining.

Yeah. I couldn't find anything on the Solecismic website. Unless the mailing list idea is the joke...

mrsimperless · 04-01-2009, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Yeah. I couldn't find anything on the Solecismic website. Unless the mailing list idea is the joke...

You didn't see the blurb about something called "Up and Down the River"??? LOL!!1! high-LARIOUS!

Solecismic · 04-01-2009, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Yeah. I couldn't find anything on the Solecismic website. Unless the mailing list idea is the joke...

Just didn't feel like it this year. I was thinking about it yesterday, even came up with some ideas, but my heart wasn't into it.

JediKooter · 04-01-2009, 11:38 AM

Hall and Oats is getting back together.

Passacaglia · 04-01-2009, 12:00 PM

I'm assuming this is an April Fool's joke as well:

http://www.nin.com/strobelight/

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 04-01-2009, 12:02 PM

Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide

Not bad.

Maple Leafs · 04-01-2009, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I'm assuming this is an April Fool's joke as well:

http://www.nin.com/strobelight/

That's actually pretty funny...

Quote:

To download NIN's new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND, enter a valid email address in the fields below. A download link will be sent to you immediately. Your credit card will be charged $18.98 plus a $10 digital delivery convenience fee. Your files will arrive as windows media files playable on quite a few players with your name embedded all over them just in case you lose them. You will also receive an exclusive photo and a free email account with our partner Google's Gmail service.

Izulde · 04-01-2009, 12:32 PM

I pulled the old standby of fake pop quiz today.

Told the class to get out a sheet of paper, put their names at the top and announced, "Pop quiz time!".

I listed a few questions very nitpicky and specific to A Streetcar Named Desire (which we're reading).

And then for question 5, I said, "What is today's date?"

A few of them gave me that uncertain/suspicious look when they wrote it down, but by and large they were still into it.

"It's April Fool's!" I beamed, "The quiz was just a joke."

Mass groaning, laughter and crumpled paper ensued.

Noop · 04-01-2009, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

I pulled the old standby of fake pop quiz today.

Told the class to get out a sheet of paper, put their names at the top and announced, "Pop quiz time!".

I listed a few questions very nitpicky and specific to A Streetcar Named Desire (which we're reading).

And then for question 5, I said, "What is today's date?"

A few of them gave me that uncertain/suspicious look when they wrote it down, but by and large they were still into it.

"It's April Fool's!" I beamed, "The quiz was just a joke."

Mass groaning, laughter and crumpled paper ensued.

You're a teacher? That was awesome.

lungs · 04-01-2009, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

I pulled the old standby of fake pop quiz today.

Told the class to get out a sheet of paper, put their names at the top and announced, "Pop quiz time!".

I listed a few questions very nitpicky and specific to A Streetcar Named Desire (which we're reading).

And then for question 5, I said, "What is today's date?"

A few of them gave me that uncertain/suspicious look when they wrote it down, but by and large they were still into it.

"It's April Fool's!" I beamed, "The quiz was just a joke."

Mass groaning, laughter and crumpled paper ensued.

That's totally not green. Think about how much paper you wasted there.

Logan · 04-01-2009, 02:07 PM

Yeah, you should've gotten pissed and then told them you were counting it anyway. They wouldn't even be able to complain...they got an easy 20% if they knew what day it was.

MIJB#19 · 04-01-2009, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solecismic

Just didn't feel like it this year. I was thinking about it yesterday, even came up with some ideas, but my heart wasn't into it.

Bummer. April Fools was the perfect trigger for me to go and visit your website again. Oh well, there's always next year.

lighthousekeeper · 04-01-2009, 08:08 PM

My 4 year old called me to tell me her school burned down. As a typically unexcitable dad, though, my reaction of "uh huh" doesn't really play into April Fools jokes very well.

Barkeep49 · 04-02-2009, 07:54 PM

We were flying back from California one time on April 1st. I had the idea of saying that our flight had been canceled as a joke. It was less funny when we slept in a crummy motel that night as our flight had actually been canceled.

M GO BLUE!!! · 04-02-2009, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solecismic

Just didn't feel like it this year. I was thinking about it yesterday, even came up with some ideas, but my heart wasn't into it.

If you need a hug or something, I'm sure one of the broads here can do that for you.

Bad-example · 04-02-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noop

You're a teacher?

What tipped you off?

03-31-2009, 09:53 PM	#2
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Please let it hurry up and be over. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

04-01-2009, 06:27 AM	#8
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	12 years ago today I started work at Sports Interactive .... there were all of 4 people full time within the company at that point (myself, Paul, Ov and me) and another chap (Grez) working part time doing odds or sods. All bar Grez (who emigrated to America about 8 years ago) are still working at SI - kinda weird to think how much things have changed since those early days here though, back then we were all young and single - now we're all married with kids. PS - Was kinda weird that I started a new job on Aprils Fools day - although I think at the time I was too nervous to even notice Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 04-01-2009 at 06:28 AM.

04-01-2009, 08:29 AM	#11
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I hate April Fool's Day now. It was fun before the internet, but now it's just a colossal annoyance. None of the fake stuff is funny, and no one falls for it, so why bother? Bah. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

04-01-2009, 09:10 AM	#13
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Lame attempts at april fools day jokes so far: 2 Funny ones: 0 Please let it end. edit: i mean at work today. I will keep a running total here. I might describe some of them when I get time. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona Last edited by MJ4H : 04-01-2009 at 09:11 AM.

04-01-2009, 10:03 AM	#14
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	OK I'll count this one. ocremix.org replaced their main page with that domain is available looking search page. They didn't delete the favicon so it was pretty obvious, but that's not bad. I'll bet there are a lot of scared fanboys over this one. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

03-31-2009, 09:57 PM	#3
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	i agree. lame day

04-01-2009, 06:04 AM	#4
Apathetic Lurker College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Buffalo,NY	Hey!not fair..it's my wedding anniversary.. not that lame

04-01-2009, 06:11 AM	#5
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	Don't forget Google's CADIE program. CADIE: Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity

04-01-2009, 06:15 AM	#6
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	I saw last night that Alan Shearer had been named manager at Newcastle United, and it took me a while to convince myself it wasn't an April Fool's joke.

04-01-2009, 06:15 AM	#7
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Anyone else remember the good ole days when Jim had his April Fool's Day stuff every year? It was always entertaining.

04-01-2009, 08:42 AM	#12
twothree College Prospect Join Date: May 2005	I thought I had one of those April Fools viruses this morning, because my computer would not start. I didn't believe or want to believe I had a virus, but my Anti-virus software quarantined a file about a week ago. The file in question was the editor for the Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday game. Now, I have rarely used this file since installing the game and have not used the editor in about a year. I think it is a false positive detection probably having to do with the word doomsday in the code. And, the virus that is suppose to be in the file is only being discovered using the advanced Heuristic scan. So, I pretty much ignored the situation until this morning when the computer would not start. Then I started to panic. I didn't hear the hard drive spinning at all and no image came up on the monitor. So, I checked the monitor first by using an older computer, no problems there. Next I tried plugging the monitor into the onboard graphic port instead of the installed graphic card. No luck. This is when I opened up the computer case. I was thinking about trying to reinstall the factory default software, but the DVD drives would not open. So, I started thinking about buying a new hard drive while cleaning quite a bit of dust out of the inside of the case. I didn't see any loose connections anywhere at all. So, I am looking at the mother board to see if any of the jumpers would help me reset the system or let me into the bios when I notice that the hard drive is plugged into one of four similar connections. So, I thought well I might as well try plugging the hard drive into one of the other motherboard connections. Turn on the computer the hard drive starts to spin and it starts right up. It wasn't a fun last half hour, but I am glad it was a simple and inexpensive fix. I hate when things go wrong on April Fools Day.

04-01-2009, 11:38 AM	#18
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Hall and Oats is getting back together. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

04-01-2009, 12:00 PM	#19
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	I'm assuming this is an April Fool's joke as well: http://www.nin.com/strobelight/

04-01-2009, 12:02 PM	#20
Ronnie Dobbs2 Pro Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bahston Mass	Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide Not bad. __________________ There's no I in Teamocil, at least not where you'd think

04-01-2009, 12:32 PM	#22
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	I pulled the old standby of fake pop quiz today. Told the class to get out a sheet of paper, put their names at the top and announced, "Pop quiz time!". I listed a few questions very nitpicky and specific to A Streetcar Named Desire (which we're reading). And then for question 5, I said, "What is today's date?" A few of them gave me that uncertain/suspicious look when they wrote it down, but by and large they were still into it. "It's April Fool's!" I beamed, "The quiz was just a joke." Mass groaning, laughter and crumpled paper ensued. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

04-01-2009, 02:07 PM	#25
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Yeah, you should've gotten pissed and then told them you were counting it anyway. They wouldn't even be able to complain...they got an easy 20% if they knew what day it was.

04-01-2009, 08:08 PM	#27
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	My 4 year old called me to tell me her school burned down. As a typically unexcitable dad, though, my reaction of "uh huh" doesn't really play into April Fools jokes very well. __________________ ...

04-02-2009, 07:54 PM	#28
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	We were flying back from California one time on April 1st. I had the idea of saying that our flight had been canceled as a joke. It was less funny when we slept in a crummy motel that night as our flight had actually been canceled.

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